Collinsville, CT
Collinsville, CT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Collinsville sits at the 39th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,423 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Collinsville at the 37th percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 68.8% of Collinsville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 31.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 979 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Collinsville ranks
Collinsville's 75th-percentile standing inside Connecticut outpaces its 39th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Collinsville ranks 19,310 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,516 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 55 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Collinsville and the insurance market
Collinsville's moderate wildfire rating (39th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Collinsville
With 68.8% of Collinsville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Collinsville's figures come from
Collinsville's 39th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Collinsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.